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title: "Dusky Palm Squirrel"
description: "Funambulus obscurus — Mamíferos. The dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) is a species of small squirrel from Sri Lanka that is largely confined to rainforests in the southwestern \"wet zone\" with higher rainfall than the rest of the island."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/dusky-palm-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dusky Palm Squirrel

> Funambulus obscurus — Mamíferos. The dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) is a species of small squirrel from Sri Lanka that is largely confined to rainforests in the southwestern "wet zone" with higher rainfall than the rest of the island.

- Scientific name: *Funambulus obscurus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 177
- Wikidata: [Q19597262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19597262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [980718](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/980718)

## Names

- en: Dusky Palm Squirrel
- de: Dunkles Palmenhörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

LK (156)

## Summary

The dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) is a species of small squirrel from Sri Lanka that is largely confined to rainforests in the southwestern "wet zone" with higher rainfall than the rest of the island. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Funambulus sublineatus from India, at which point the English name of the "combined species" also was dusky striped squirrel. It is known as පුංචි ලේනා  (punchi lena) or "batu lena" in the Sinhala language.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_striped_squirrel

## Photo

![Dusky Palm Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-palm-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: ranmort · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242824753

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-palm-squirrel?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).